Chicken with Black Bean Sauce

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Ingredients

 

Ingredient A (prepare the black bean sauce)

 

• 200g Douchi (fermented black beans)
• 5 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp minced onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp minced garlic, minced
• 2 red chilies, chopped
• 1/2 tsp cho hou sauce
• 1.5 tbsp sugar
• 1.5 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1.5 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 1/2 piece of chenpi
• 1/2 cups of water

 

Ingredients B (stir-fry the chicken)

 

• 500g chicken meat (breast or thigh meat, cut into one-inch size)
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 3 tbsp of the black bean sauce
• 1 medium-sized onion, cut into wedges
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into wedges
• 1 green bell pepper. cut into wedges

 

Instructions

 

For preparing the black bean sauce

 

1. Have a quick rinse of the douchi for ten seconds to remove the dirt and sand.

 

2. Drain in a colander, transfer them to a tray, spread them into a single layer, and blow-dry under the fan for one hour. 

 

3. Place them in a pan and toast over low heat until they are all dried up. The endpoint is when the douchi is no longer shiny, dull, and light, and aromatic.

 

4. Heat five tablespoons of vegetable oil in the wok. Saute the chopped onion for one minute, followed by the minced garlic for another minute.

 

5. Next, add the chopped chilies when the garlic starts to turn aromatic. 

 

6. Season it with cho hou sauce, sugar, light soy sauce, and oyster sauce. 

 

7. Return the toasted black beans to the wok. Give it a good mix, then add some Shaoxing wine, chenpi, and just enough water to cover the beans. 

 

8. Simmer over medium heat to soften the beans for about five minutes or until the water has evaporated. 

 

For stir-frying chicken

 

1. Cut 500g of chicken breast or chicken thigh into one-inch lengths.

 

2. Marinate the meat with light soy sauce, sesame oil, black pepper, and cornstarch, and black bean sauce for half an hour.

 

3. Cut one medium-sized onion, one red bell pepper, and one green bell pepper into wedges, about the same size as the chicken fillet.

 

4. Heat a tablespoon of oil in the wok, stir-fry the onion wedges for two minutes until they start to turn color, then add the bell peppers and stir-fry for another minute. Remove from wok.

 

5. Put the marinated chicken in the wok, stir-fry over medium heat until cooked. Then add the black bean paste. Turn up the heat, and return the vegetables to the wok to have a few quick stirs and flips. Serve.

 

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Source: Taste of Asian Food. Reproduced with permission.

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